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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1950
Page
10
Local classified items show fertilizer and gardening supplies offered by F A Co with contact numbers. Numerous rental notices list furnished rooms apartments and houses for rent with addresses and contact numbers in Winchester area.
Apple prices firm with certain varieties up to 3.00, boxes sold at 2.75 to 3.00. Potatoes steady, sweet potatoes dull with limited higher prices. Cattle and calves steady to slow, steers 25.50 to 26.25, cows 16.00 to 18.50. hogs weaker, barrows 14.25 to 16.75, sows steady. Sheep offerings light, lambs around 28.50 for large lots. Chicago and general markets report mixed demand and rising or steady quotations. Receipts listed for butter and eggs, reflecting overall farm market activity.
A surge of buying at the opening lifted the 1949-50 bull market into high ground with rapid turnover. Stocks rose toward a new 3 percent year high as quotes moved upward at the close. The President's Council of Economic Advisers reported broad upturns in business indices in Q1 1950, fueling demand. Gains were led by U.S. Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler United Aircraft Lockheed Schenley Emerson Radio Radio Corp Motorola American Telephone Kennecott Cooper Allied Chemical Dow Chemical Westinghouse Childs Co Pennsylvania R A Baltimore & Ohio Nickel Plate Standard Oil NJ Shelbly Oil Johns-Mansville.
Local markets list corrected daily with grain and feed prices. Items include corn meal white and yellow varieties, cracked corn, mixed feeds, old yellow corn, egg mash, broiler mash, grain fob Mill wheat, and butter and butterfat wholesale quotes.
Chicano Grains Chicago reports a cautious start with mixed prices and subdued turnover. Wheat May 2.24 3-4, July 2.06 1-4. Corn May 1.38, July 1.38 1-4. Soybeans May 2.70, July 2.67 1-4. Lard May 11.07, July 11.32.
Department of Agriculture price table lists eggs and poultry rates including Grade A large and medium eggs, Grade B large, leghorn broilers by weight and category, and mixed Rock and Cross broilers with various prices. Local social notes mention Mrs. Holmes Whitacre and Mrs. Blanche Stipe visiting Damascus, Md, and guests of Hancher near White Hall. The ruler of Hyderabad is named His Exalted Highness Sir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur Fateh Jung.
A week of evangelistic services will be held at Rest Church from April 17 to 21 with a visiting minister delivering messages each evening. Easter Sunrise and Easter Sunday services drew good crowds at Rest Church. Edgar Clark of Mt. Ranier Maryland and Margarite Clark of Marshall visited relatives during the Easter holiday. C E Ridgeway and Esther Ridgeway hosted a gathering, and Glenville Whitacre of the University of Richmond spent Easter with his parents.
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